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A Tweeting and blogging educator from Naperville was named Illinois Teacher of the Year Saturday night. Josh Stumpenhorst, who teaches language arts and social science to sixth grade students at Lincoln Junior High School, got the nod over eight other finalists and nearly 200 nominees. The nine-year veteran credited his teaching blog, which he said gets about 10,000 hits a month, and his Twitter account with more than 4,000 followers for the recognition. Stumpenhorst wants to open up his classroom to the outside. “It’s a very supportive community, the parents, the kids, the school and the district. I’m not really hamstrung. It allows me to do a lot of things and got me...

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